peter@usenix.UUCP (Peter H. Salus) (08/27/88)
Well, you've now seen two (=2) issues of COMPUTING SYSTEMS, and while there are submissions, there is nowhere near the torrent I expected. So, you're back from vacation. Send your articles in any n/troff or PS format to me (I lift my terminal beside the Golden Gate, with apologies to Emma Lazarus). OR: 4 hardcopies to Managing Editor/COMPUTING SYSTEMS/ PO Box 2299/Berkeley, CA 94710. A better journal is up to you! [The opinions expressed are neither mine, nor anyone else's.] Peter H. Salus Executive Director and Managing Editor
roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) (08/28/88)
In article <163@usenix.UUCP> peter@usenix.UUCP (Peter H. Salus) writes: > Well, you've now seen two (=2) issues of COMPUTING SYSTEMS I wonder what other people thought of Mike Lesk's sort of rambling letter-to-the-editor/article in the last issue? While it was certainly an interesting read, I'm not quite sure what place it has in a referred journal. -- Roy Smith, System Administrator Public Health Research Institute {allegra,philabs,cmcl2,rutgers}!phri!roy -or- phri!roy@uunet.uu.net "The connector is the network"
reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach) (08/29/88)
In article <163@usenix.UUCP>, peter@usenix.UUCP (Peter H. Salus) writes: > Well, you've now seen two (=2) issues of COMPUTING > SYSTEMS, and while there are submissions, there > is nowhere near the torrent I expected. How about reprinting papers from EUUG Conferences that are not so widely available here in the US? In fact, Mike O'Dell could start with one of his own that I recently saw a reference to: Mike O`Dell What They Don't Tell You About Window Systems, EUUG Conference Proceedings, September 1987, Dublin, Ireland -- George W. Leach Paradyne Corporation ..!uunet!pdn!reggie Mail stop LF-207 Phone: (813) 530-2376 P.O. Box 2826 Largo, FL 34649-2826
karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) (08/29/88)
roy@phri.UUCP writes:
I wonder what other people thought of Mike Lesk's sort of rambling
letter-to-the-editor/article in the last issue? While it was certainly an
interesting read, I'm not quite sure what place it has in a referred
journal.
I found his comments quite significant, very much due to the fact that
we are fighting no less than 3 vendors concerning our need to get
source. ("We can give you kernel source...<well, we want utilities,
in order to track/fix bugs we find.>...oh, you mean you'd be CHANGING
the UTILITIES' source?...<hell, yes, that's where we're finding all
these bugs.>...[shocked, horrified look]...oh, gee, we dunno about
that..." That's pretty clearly the opinion of one of our vendors;
fortunately, it's not the one I deal with the most...but THAT one
isn't making life any easier, either.)
I was thinking of writing a reply (since such discussions were invited
in the editor's intro to the piece), but when I made my attempt, it
came out rather religious and flammable - discretion dictated that I
delete it.
--Karlberry@askone (Berry Kercheval) (08/30/88)
In article <3448@phri.UUCP>, roy@phri (Roy Smith) writes: > I wonder what other people thought of Mike Lesk's sort of rambling >letter-to-the-editor/article in the last issue? While it was certainly an >interesting read, I'm not quite sure what place it has in a referred >journal. It was in a new, um, "department" called "Controversy" which I gather is supposed to genereate heated exchanges about the One True Path and such. I admit it didn't seem to be a technical article, but seemed perfectly appropriate for the "Controversy" department. --berry
neil@ist.CO.UK (Neil Todd) (08/31/88)
From article <4198@pdn.UUCP>, by reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach): . . > How about reprinting papers from EUUG Conferences that are not so > widely available here in the US? In fact, Mike O'Dell could start with > one of his own that I recently saw a reference to: > > Mike O`Dell > What They Don't Tell You About Window Systems, > EUUG Conference Proceedings, September 1987, > Dublin, Ireland There is the usual problem of copyright, EUUG doesn't hold the copyright on the individual papers. Copies of proceedings are available from the EUUG Secretariat, VISA credit cards are accepted. EUUG Owles Hall Owles Lane BUNTINGFORD Herts UK +44 763 73039 [Answerphone out of office hours] euug@inset.co.uk Neil Todd, EUUG
peter@usenix.UUCP (Peter H. Salus) (03/18/89)
Several individual wrote me after my posting requesting more information about COMPUTING SYSTEMS. Here's my attempt at a description. COMPUTING SYSTEMS is a refereed quarterly dedicated to the analysis and understanding of the theory, design, art, engineering, and implementation of advanced computing systems, with an emphasis on those inspired or influenced by the UNIX tradition. The journal's content concerns operating systems, architecture, networking, programming languages, and sophisticated applications. The Editor in Chief is Mike O'Dell of Prisma in Colorado Springs. If you want to see a copy or so, Gene Spafford should have a set (he is on the Editorial Advisory Board). The current print run is about 6500, with 3500 going to USENIX members, a couple of hundred each to EUUG and AUUG members, etc. I think there are currently about 300-350 library/corporate subscriptions. Peter
peter@world.std.com (Peter Salus) (06/04/90)
As many of you will have noticed, despite Mike O'Dell's words in CS 2.4, you've not received anything yet this year. The reasons for this are many, but the principal one is that I had no experience in getting permissions on music copyrights, and so I didn't realize just what we were getting into. (It ended up taking 4 months to get the permissions on the three items where they were necessary.) To make a long story short, issues 3.1 *and* 3.2 are now complete. My guess is that 3.1 -- which is not the music issue -- will be in your mailboxes for July reading; 3.2 -- which is the music issue -- will be in your mailboxes for August reading; and (surprize!) 3.3 will be out in late September or the first week of October. My apologies to all of you, Peter H. Salus Managing Editor -- The difference between practice and theory in practice is always greater than the difference between practice and theory in theory.
peter@world.std.com (Peter Salus) (07/26/90)
In the Summary minutes of the USENIX Board of Directors' Meeting in Anaheim, Ellie Young reported that the editorial staff of COMPUTING SYSTEMS hoped to be back on schedule by the autumn. I'd like to let the membership know that we are, indeed, going to be back on schedule shortly. By now you should have received 3.1 (with papers on Clouds, Dune, Mach, Psyche, and Synthesis). In 2-3 weeks 3.2 should be in the mail. It contains papers by Langston, Hawley, Thompson, and a Controversy piece by Feldman and Gentleman -- it will be accompanied by a CD containing examples from the Langston and Hawley papers. 3.3 is fully edited and will go to UC Press around 6 August: it should be mailed about 4 weeks later, right on time. It is a truly international issue, containing contributions from Italy, Switzerland, and the US. Once again, I'd like to apologize for the delay and encourage submissions to future issues. -- A computer cannot make an omelet, even if you ask politely.
peter@world.std.com (Peter Salus) (09/12/90)
I must admit that all of us connected with COMPUTING SYSTEMS are gratified with the response to 3.2. But I want to take this opportunity to remind you that the quality of the journal is your business: Mike O'Dell and I can't produce the articles, nor can the unsung readers of submissions. As of this issue, we have accepted just about one paper for every seven submitted. But we need those submissions. I know that many of you have publishable work: we want to see it! There are many, many topics on which we receive no submissions. There are topics which (I think) cry out for investigation. If you're not sure: email to me or to Mike (the Editor in Chief; mo@messy.bellcore.com). We always respond to email. Send us stuff! Peter -- The difference between practice and theory in practice is always greater than the difference between practice and theory in theory.
peter@world.std.com (Peter Salus) (11/12/90)
Volume 3 of COMPUTING SYSTEMS is nearly done: 3.4 will go to the University of California Press shortly, and (if it isn't stuck in the Christmas mail) will get to you either at the very end of the year or the first week of the New Year. As Managing Editor, most of my job is nagging folks: authors, reviewers, typesetters, printers. So here I am: send in more articles. I want more papers to read (and reject). Over the first three years, we have published just over 40 papers. We had 237 submitted. This means that we published ~18% of what we received. (Some of that 82% is being revised and, I hope will be resubmitted.) Quality remains high because we can be selective. But if you guys don't submit, the flow will slacken. Submissions should come to me at peter@world.std.com peter@usenix.org peter@uunet.uu.net or journal@usenix.org Peter H. Salus Managing Editor COMPUTING SYSTEMS -- The difference between practice and theory in practice is always greater than the difference between practice and theory in theory.